草草收兵 |
cǎo cǎo shōu bīng |
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked |
草 |
cǎo |
variant of 草 |
草 |
cǎo |
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
草 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
草草 |
cǎo cǎo |
carelessly / hastily |
草 |
cǎo |
variant of 草 |
草 |
cǎo |
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
草 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
收 |
shōu |
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) |
收兵 |
shōu bīng |
to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over |
兵 |
bīng |
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:个 |